Head of Financial Control

Join us in shaping the future of the insurance industry, driven by innovation and a 150-year legacy of protecting people Our competitive benefits package includes everything from financial literacy to health and wellness initiatives, designed with your well-being in mind Thrive in a workplace where we tackle challenges together, solve problems, and celebrate each other’s successes Welcome to TAL. As a leading life insurer, we’ve been protecting Australians for over 150 years. Backed by Daiichi Life, we're driven by big ambitions and empower to create better products and services. Together with our Partners, we’re helping millions of Australians live a life filled with choices, options, and freedoms. See the direct impact you make delivering support and financial security with care and expertise. Grow beyond expectations with diverse roles, global connections, and exclusive learning opportunities. Work with passionate, bright and capable colleagues. Feel inspired by supportive leaders. Collaborate with heart, where flexibility, wellbeing and inclusivity is valued. Together, we're reimagining insurance. So, bring a curious mind and an ambition to help us become the progressive, digitally enabled leading insurer. This is a pivotal leadership opportunity within TAL’s Finance team, responsible for leading a high-performing, multidisciplinary team of 17 and overseeing an area significantly impacted by business-wide change initiatives. Working closely with senior Finance leaders, you will ensure the month-end close process is delivered seamlessly, with strong governance, transparency, and clear communication. You will foster an inclusive, high-performing team culture aligned to TAL’s Spirit, creating meaningful development opportunities that enable individuals and teams to thrive. The role also plays a critical part in building and maintaining strong relationships across the business, partnering with stakeholders to support strategic change, growth initiatives, and operational resilience. In addition, you will provide operational oversight of financial controls while acting as a trusted advisor to the General Manager, Financial Control, contributing strategic insight and guidance to support the ongoing success of the Finance function and broader organisation. In this role you will: Lead the Financial Control team to realise development and transformation objectives Oversee the reconciliation and other control functions within and outside of Finance Optimise the effectiveness and efficiency of reconciliations and other control processes Partner with the Line 1 Risk Manager to ensure adequate controls are in place Deliver new general ledger, reconciliation and investment solutions Ensure the accuracy of external reports and manage the external audit process Co-design and deliver Board papers in relation to Finance matters Manage external custody and investment administration arrangements Excellent financial analytical skills and technical accounting knowledge Strong report writing and presentation skills Post graduate qualification in Accounting with minimum 7 years’ relevant experience within finance/insurance industry A member of CA or CPA Extensive managerial and change management experience Excellent leadership skills, with the ability to drive change by creating a vision for the change and gaining the support of stakeholders to deliver it Excellent demonstrable skills in delivering change and process improvements TAL is one of Australia’s leading life insurers, committed to inclusion, and supporting the career growth of our diverse workforce. We’re proud to be: An Inclusive Employer – Recognised as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency from 2014 to 2025 and 2023 to 2026 Bronze Tier Status within the Australian Workplace Equality Index Diversity Champions – Member of Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network, Pride in Diversity and Champions of Change Reconciliation Advocates – Read our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan. We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, caregivers, individuals with disability/ies, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTQ+ community. Need adjustments during the recruitment process? Let our team know by getting in touch with us here. —we’re here to support you. You’re always accountable for your actions. You never give up. You strive to find the best outcomes for customers and partners. And you value working together to find the best solutions for problems. As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate your eligibility for a role at TAL including Criminal History, Bankruptcy, Entitlement to Work, Regulatory and Reference Checks. #LI-Hybrid Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility. If you are already a TAL employee please apply via the SmartRecruiters button in Workday and navigate to the Employee Portal. This is important to ensure that your application is recorded accurately .